From: Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
To: Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk>
Cc: tech@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up COMPATIBILITY section in mandoc_char.7
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 11:29:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D4A836C.1070805@bsd.lv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110129164511.GB19088@kerhand.co.uk>
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>>> This cleans up the COMPATIBILITY section of mandoc_char.7, which wasn't
>>> following the convention of mdoc.7 and missing some important bits.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> Patch actually included this time...
>
> ugh! can you diff -u it please?
Blarg! Enclosed in the right way...
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Index: mandoc_char.7
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/mandoc_char.7,v
retrieving revision 1.41
diff -u -r1.41 mandoc_char.7
--- mandoc_char.7 30 Jan 2011 16:05:37 -0000 1.41
+++ mandoc_char.7 3 Feb 2011 10:27:51 -0000
@@ -529,30 +529,37 @@
.Sq \(dq
character where possible.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-This section documents compatibility of
-.Nm
-with older or existing versions of groff.
+This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other
+troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff
+.Pq Qq groff .
.Pp
-The following render differently in
-.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
-output mode:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+In
+.Fl T Ns Ar ascii ,
+the
\e(ss, \e(nm, \e(nb, \e(nc, \e(ib, \e(ip, \e(pp, \e[sum], \e[product],
-\e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(-h, \e(a.
-.Ed
-.Pp
-The following render differently in
+\e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(\-h, and \e(a special characters render differently
+between mandoc and groff.
+.It
+In
.Fl T Ns Ar html
-output mode:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-\e(~=, \e(nb, \e(nc
-.Ed
-.Pp
-Finally, the following have been omitted by being poorly documented or
-having no known representation:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-\e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], \e(ru
-.Ed
+and
+.Fl T Ns Ar xhtml ,
+the \e(~=, \e(nb, and \e(nc special characters render differently between mandoc
+and GNU troff.
+.It
+The
+.Fl T Ns Ar ps
+and
+.Fl T Ns Ar pdf
+modes format like
+.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
+instead of rendering glyphs as in groff.
+.It
+The \e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], and \e(ru special characters have been omitted
+from mandoc by being poorly documented or having no known representation.
+.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1
.Sh AUTHORS
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2011-01-29 14:39 Kristaps Dzonsons
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